Car-replacer.



PATENTED NOV. 21,1905. H. J. WELSH.

CAR REPLAGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1905- Q a M m fifi/ZYZ 15/517767 W/e/a/i. 5

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HARRY J. WELSH, OF WEST BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAFP'REPLACERt No. 805,175. v

Specification of Letters Patent.

:Patented Nov. 21, 1905 Application filed July 17, 1905. Serial No. 269,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. WELSH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at WVest Brownsville, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car-replacers; and the invention has for its object to provide a novel attachment for rails whereby cars that have been displaced or derailed can be readily replaced upon the tracks or rails upon which they travel.

Another object of this invention is to provide a portable car-replacer that can be easily and quickly attached to the rails of the track in close proximity to the Wheels to be elevated to the tracks, and I have so constructed the car-replacer that the wheels of a vehicle will easily and quickly travel to a desired elevation to again pass onto the tracks in their former position.

A further object of this invention is to con' struct a car-replacer that will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient in operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a track equipped with my improved carreplacers. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of one of the car-replacers. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of one of the replacers. Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the car-replacers, illustrating its relative position to a rail; and Fig. 6 is a similar View of a car-replacer used upon the opposite rail.

To put my invention into practice, I employ two car-replacers which are identical inconstruction with the exception that the car-replacer used upon the inside of a rail or between the rails is slightly smaller than the one used upon the outside of the rail. Therefore I deem it only necessary to describe the construction of one of the car-replacers.

I preferably construct the replacer of a strong and durable metal capable of withstanding a considerable weight to which it may be subjected when a vehicle is being replaced upon its track.

Each car-replacer consists of an oblong body portion 1, the one edge of which is straight, as at 2, while the opposite edge is concave or curved, as at 3. The body portion 1 is provided with beveled or inclined ends 4:, and the ends upon the curved side of the replacer are flanged, as at 5. 5, these flanges terminating in the inclined top 6 of the replacer. with a substantially wedge-shaped groove 7, in which is mounted a detachable wedgeshaped plate 8, this plate being made removable owing to the fact that this part of the car-replacer is subjected to a greater amount of wear than the ends of the replacer, and when the plate 8 has become worn it can be readily removed and a new one placed therein.

In practice the straight edges of the car replacers are situated adjacent to the rails 9 and 10, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 5, and 6 of the drawings. In order to retain the replacers in engagement with the rails, the bottoms of the replacers are cut away or re cessed, as indicated at 11, the outer wall 12 being pierced, as indicated at 14: 1 1. Curved tie-rods 15 are employed to clamp the replacore to the rails 9 and 10, these rods being provided with lugs 16 upon their inner ends to engage the base-flange 17 of the rails, as at 18 18, while the opposite end of the tie-rods extend upwardly into the recesses 11 through the outer walls thereof and are slotted, as indicated at 19 19, to receive keys 20 20, employed for retaining the tie-rods in engagement with the rails 9 and 10 and the car-replacers. To further retain the car-replacers in a fixed position relative to the rails 9 and 10, I provide the bottom of each end of the car-replacer with depending lugs 21 21, adapted to engage in the surface upon which the car-replacer is placed, this Surface generally being the ballast or road-bed of the track. In lieu of the depending lugs 21 I may provide the ends of the car-replacer with roughened or serrated surfaces, which will practically answer the same purpose.

The top of the repla'cer is provided Owing to the fact that when a car or vehicle is displaced from its track the majority of the weight is thrown upon the outside of the track, I have made one of the car-replacers larger than the other, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the large replacer being adapted to be used in connection with the wheel of a vehicle which lies outside of the track. As it oftentimes depends upon the outside replacer to guide the vehicle to the track, it is essential that this replacer be made larger than the one upon the inside of the track.

It will be seen that I have devised car-replacers that can be easily and quickly secured to the rails of a track and readily removed therefrom after they have served their purpose. I do not care to confine myself to the exact contour of the car-replacer illustrated in the accompanying drawings or to the manner of clamping the same to the rails.

It is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described car-replacer will be apparent without further description, and various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-replacer of the character described consisting of a body portion having inclined ends and a beveled top, flanges carried by the outer upper edges of said body portion and terminating at the top of said body portion, the bottom of said body portion having a recess formed therein, the outer wall of said recess having an opening formed therein, a curved rod adapted to extend through said opening, the one end of said rod having an opening formed therein adapted to receive a key, a lug carried by the opposite end of said rod and adapted to engage the base-flange of a rail, substantially as described.

2. A car-replacer of the character described consisting of two body portions, said body portions having inclined ends and a curved side, said body portions having beveled tops, flanges carried by the ends of said body portions adjacent to the curved sides thereof and terminating at the top of said body portions, said body portions having recesses formed therein, curved tie-rods mounted in said recesses, the ends of said tie-rods extending out of said recesses, the ends of said tie-rods having openings formed therein adapted to receive the keys, lugs carried by the opposite ends of said tie rods, substantially as described.

8. A car-replacer, consisting of a body portion, the center thereof having horizontal inner and outer edges and being inclined from the outer to the inner edge, said body portion having inclined surfaces extending from the end thereof to said central portion, and the outer edge of the body portion having adjacent each end a vertical flange having a curved upper edge, said flanges extending to the said central portion and being equal in height to the highest part of the central portion at a point adjacent their juncture therewith.

4. A car-replacer comprising a body portion, inclined laterally and toward both ends, said body portion being formed with an inwardly curved edge and said edge being formed with vertical flanges which are rail high at the points adjacent the center of the body portion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY J. WELSH.

Witnesses:

ALBERtr I/V. YOUNKER, JOHN IV. WVILsoN. 

